#European rhinoceros beetle

[onenicebugperday]

@amandabe11man submitted: I was so delighted last week when this little fella decided to use my shoulder as his pitstop!

I’m in Sweden so it’s gotta be a European rhinoceros beetle, but this one was black instead of brown and also pretty small, so perhaps it’s some kind of subspecies? Anyway, enjoy. :)

What a guy! I love him. Not a subspecies, black is within the normal range of color for them :)

[little-creature-of-the-day]

little creature of the day: European Rhinoceros beetle

i like them

image source

[fabrikrattejaks]

I didn’t finish either of these. Couldn’t decide which one I liked more 🤧

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16/10/22

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

A Bug's Life (1998, John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton)

09/06/2024

[nature-nerd-sarah]

Found a dead rhinoceros beetle on the ground this morning. Love me a big beetle. Hope it did its job well.

[identifyingbeetles]

European Rhinoceros Beetle

Oryctes Nasicornis

Oryctes nasicornis is present in the Palaearctic region, except for the British Isles, and stands as the sole member of the Dynastinae family in Northern Europe.

wonderful picture i found on wikipedia

[snickeringdragon]

post this beetle when they least expect it (transparent/no accessories photo beneath cut + ramblings in tags !)

[sincerely-sofie]

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[newkiqx]

Look at this large man i found last weekend, confused in some wood chips that had been recently applied to a large mud patch. Easily the largest beetle I've seen in the wild and also probably the most beautiful

I think he's some kind of european rhinoceros beetle but I'm not sure which one exactly. Since they reproduce in and around decaying wood I'm guessing he was attracted to the wood chips

He had very grippy and sharp little hands but he was terrible (lovingly) at walking on anything even slightly smooth, like skin. I put him back, but (hopefully) out of harms way

[themothcriminal]

Look at my bugs, boy!

I love drawing bugs, I'm a buggirl at heart <3

[o-craven-canto]

All animal species (and a couple algae) that have kept the same scientific name since Linnaeus

The first work of taxonomy that is considered as having any scientific authority for animal species was the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, published in 1758. (Also a book on spiders called Aranei Suecici, published one year before.) That's the foundational text of the binominal system of nomenclature of species still in use today. Since then most of Linnaeus' original species (4379 species, of which 185 mammals, 554 birds, 217 "amphibians" (including reptiles and cartilaginous fish), 379 fishes, 2104 "insects" (including various arthropods, of which 664 are beetles and 543 are moths & butterflies crammed into only 3 genera), and 940 "worms" (including basically all other invertebrates, and even some protists and algae)) have been dismembered, renamed, or at least moved to different genera (e.g. the house sparrow went from Fringilla domestica to Passer domesticus).

Here is a list of all of Linnaeus' original species from 1758 that still retain their original name. I believe they are 484 in total.

"Mammalia"

(Primates)

Homo sapiens (human)

Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur)

Vespertilio murinus (rearmouse bat)

(Bruta)

Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)

Trichechus manatus (West Indian manatee)

Bradypus tridactylus (three-toed sloth)

Myrmecophaga tridactyla (giant anteater)

Manis pentadactylus (Chinese pangolin)

(Ferae)

Phoca vitulina (harbor seal)

Canis familiaris (dog)

Canis lupus (grey wolf)

Felis catus (house cat)

Viverra zibetha (Indian civet)

Mustela erminea (stoat)

Mustela furo (ferret)

Mustela lutreola (European mink)

Mustela putorius (wild ferret)

Ursus arctos (brown bear)

(Bestiae)

Sus scrofa (wild boar/pig)

Dasypus septemcinctus (seven-banded armadillo)

Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo)

Erinaceus europaeus (European hedgehog)

Talpa europaea (European mole)

Sorex araneus (common shrew)

Didelphis marsupialis (common opossum)

(Glires)

Rhinoceros unicornis (Indian rhinoceros)

Hystrix brachyura (Malayan porcupine)

Hystrix cristata (crested porcupine)

Lepus timidus (common hare)

Castor fiber (European beaver)

Mus musculus (house mouse)

Sciurus vulgaris (red squirrel)

(Pecora)

Camelus dromedarius (dromedary camel)

Camelus bactrianus (Asian camel)

Moschus moschiferus (musk deer)

Cervus elaphus (red deer)

Capra hircus (goat)

Capra ibex (Alpine ibex)

Ovis aries (sheep)

Bos taurus (cow)

Bos indicus (zebu)

(Belluae)

Equus caballus (horse)

Equus asinus (donkey)

Equus zebra (mountain zebra)

Hippopotamus amphibius (hippopotamus)

(Cete)

Monodon monoceros (narwhal)

Balaena mysticetus (bowhead whale)

Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale)

Delphinus delphis (common dolphin)

"Aves"

(Accipitres)

Vultur gryphus (Andean condor)

Falco tinnunculus (common kenstrel)

Falco sparverius (sparrowhawk)

Falco columbarius (pigeonhawk)

Falco subbuteo (Eurasian hobby)

Falco rusticolus (gyrfalcon)

Strix aluco (tawny owl)

Lanius excubitor (great grey shrike)

Lanius collurio (red-backed shrike)

Lanius schach (long-tailed shrike)

(Picae)

Psittacus erithacus (grey parrot)

Ramphastos tucanus (white-throated toucan)

Buceros bicornis (great hornbill)

Buceros rhinoceros (rhinoceros hornbill)

Crotophaga ani (smooth-billed ani)

Corvus corax (raven)

Corvus corone (carrion crow)

Corvus frugilegus (rook)

Corvus cornix (hooded crow)

Coracias oriolus (golden oriole)

Coracias garrulus (European roller)

Gracula religiosa (hill myna)

Paradisaea apoda (greater bird-of-paradise)

Cuculus canorus (common cuckoo)

Jynx torquilla (wryneck)

Picus viridis (green woodpecker)

Sitta europaea (Eurasian nuthatch)

Merops apiaster (European bee-eater)

Merops viridis (blue-throated bee-eater)

Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe)

Certhia familiaris (Eurasian treecreeper)

Trochilus polytmus (red-billed streamertail hummingbird)

(Anseres)

Anas platyrhynchos (mallard duck)

Anas crecca (teal duck)

Mergus merganser (common merganser)

Mergus serrator (red-breasted merganser)

Alca torda (razorbill auk)

Procellaria aequinoctialis (white-chinned petrel)

Diomedea exulans (wandering albatross)

Pelecanus onocrotalus (great white pelican)

Phaeton aethereus (red-billed tropicbird)

Larus canus (common gull)

Larus marinus (great black-backed gull)

Larus fuscus (lesser black-backed gull)

Sterna hirundo (common tern)

Rhynchops niger (black skimmer)

(Grallae)

Phoenicopterus ruber (American flamingo)

Platalea leucorodia (Eurasian spoonbill)

Platalea ajaia (roseate spoonbill)

Mycteria americana (wood stork)

Ardea cinerea (grey heron)

Ardea herodias (blue heron)

Ardea alba (great egret)

Scolopax rusticola (Eurasian woodcock)

Charadrius hiaticula (ringed plover)

Charadrius alexandrinus (Kentish plover)

Charadrius vociferus (killdeer plover)

Charadrius morinellus (Eurasian dotterel)

Recurvirostra avosetta (pied avocet)

Haematopus ostralegus (Eurasian oystercatcher)

Fulica atra (Eurasian coot)

Rallus aquaticus (water rail)

Psophia crepitans (grey-winged trumpeter)

Otis tarda (great bustard)

Struthio camelus (ostrich)

(Gallinae)

Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl)

Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey)

Crax rubra (great curassow)

Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant)

Tetrao urogallus (western capercaillie)

(Passeres)

Columba oenas (stock dove)

Columba palumbus (wood pigeon)

Alauda arvensis (Eurasian skylark)

Sturnus vulgaris (European starling)

Turdus viscivorus (mistle thrush)

Turdus pilaris (fieldfare thrush)

Turdus iliacus (redwing thrush)

Turdus plumbeus (red-legged thrush)

Turdus torquatus (ring ouzel)

Turdus merula (blackbird)

Loxia curvirostra (crossbill)

Emberiza hortulana (ortolan bunting)

Emberiza citrinella (yellowhammer)

Emberiza calandra (corn bunting)

Fringilla coelebs (common chaffinch)

Motacilla alba (white wagtail)

Motacilla lava (yellow wagtail)

Parus major (great tit)

Hirundo rustica (barn swallow)

Caprimulgus europaeus (European nightjar)

"Amphibia"

(Reptiles)

Testudo graeca (Greek tortoise)

Draco volans (flying dragon)

Lacerta agilis (sand lizard)

Rana temporaria (common frog)

(Serpentes)

Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake)

Crotalus durissus (tropical rattlesnake)

Boa constrictor (common boa)

Coluber constrictor (eastern racer)

Anguis fragilis (slowworm)

Amphisbaena alba (red worm lizard)

Caecilia tentaculata (white-bellied caecilian)

(Nantes)

Petromyzon marinus (sea lamprey)

Raja clavata (thornback ray)

Raja miraletus (brown ray)

Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish)

Chimaera monstrosa (rabbitfish)

Lophius piscatorius (anglerfish)

Acipenser sturio (sea sturgeon)

Acipenser ruthenus (sterlet sturgeon)

"Pisces"

(Apodes)

Muraena helena (Mediterranean moray)

Gymnotus carapo (banded knifefish)

Trichiurus lepturus (cutlassfish)

Anarhichas lupus (Atlantic wolffish)

Ammodytes tobianus (lesser sandeel)

Xiphias gladius (swordfish)

Stromateus fiatola (blue butterfish)

(Jugulares)

Callionymus lyra (common dragonet)

Uranoscopus scaber (stargazer)

Trachinus draco (greater weever)

Gadus morhua (Atlantic cod)

Blennius ocellaris (butterfly blenny)

Ophidion barbatum (snake cusk-eel)

(Thoracici)

Cyclopterus lumpus (lumpsucker)

Echeneis naucrates (sharksucker)

Coryphaena equiselis (pompano)

Coryphaena hippurus (dorado)

Gobius niger (black goby)

Govius paganellus (rock goby)

Cottus gobio (European bullhead)

Scorpaena porcus (black scorpionfish)

Scorpaena scrofa (red scorpionfish)

Zeus faber (John Dory)

Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice)

Chaetodon striatus (banded butterflyfish)

Chaetodon capistratus (foureye butterflyfish)

Sparus aurata (gilt-head bream)

Labrus merula (brown wrasse)

Labrus mixtus (cuckoo wrasse)

Labrus viridis (green wrasse)

Sciaena umbra (brown meagre)

Perca fluviatilis (European perch)

Gasterosteus aculeatus (three-spined stickleback)

Scomber scombrus (Atlanti mackerel)

Mullus barbatus (red mullet)

Mullus surmuletus (surmullet)

Trigla lyra (piper gurnard)

(Abdominales)

Cobitis taenia (spined loach)

Silurus asotus (Amur catfish)

Silurus glanis (Wels catfish)

Loricaria cataphracta (suckermouth catfish)

Salmo carpio (Garda trout)

Salmo trutta (brown trout)

Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)

Fistularia tabacaria (bluespotted cornetfish)

Esox lucius (northern pike)

Argentina sphyraena (European argentine)

Atherina hepsetus (Mediterranean sand smelt)

Mugil cephalus (flathead mullet)

Exocoetus volitans (tropical flying fish)

Polynemus paradiseus (Paradise threadfin)

Clupea harengus (Atlantic herring)

Cyprinus carpio (common carp)

(Branchiostegi)

Mormyrus caschive (bottlenose elephantfish)

Balistes vetula (queen triggerfish)

Ostracion cornutus (longhorn cowfish)

Ostracion cubicus (yellow boxfish)

Tetraodon lineatus (Fahaka pufferfish)

Diodon hystrix (spot-fin porcupinefish)

Diodon holocanthus (long-spine porcupinefish)

Centriscus scutatus (grooved shrimpfish)

Syngnathus acus (common pipefish)

Syngnathus pelagicus (pelagic pipefish)

Syngnathus typhle (broad-nosed pipefish)

Pegasus volitans (longtail seamoth)

"Insecta"

(Coleoptera)

Scarabaeus sacer (sacred scarab)

Dermestes lardarius (larder beetle)

Dermestes murinus (larder beetle)

Hister unicolor (clown beetle)

Hister quadrimaculatus (clown beetle)

Silpha obscura (carrion beetle)

Cassida viridis (tortoise beetle)

Cassida nebulosa (tortoise beetle)

Cassida nobilis (tortoise beetle)

Coccinella trifasciata (ladybug)

Coccinella hieroglyphica (ladybug) [Coccinella 5-punctata, 7-punctata, 11-punctata, and 24-punctata survive as quinquepunctata, septempunctata, undecimpunctata, and vigintiquatorpunctata]

Chrysomela populi (leaf beetle)

Chrysomela lapponica (leaf beetle)

Chrysomela collaris (leaf beetle)

Chrysomela erythrocephala (leaf beetle)

Curculio nucum (nut weevil)

Attelabus surinamensis (leaf-rolling weevil)

Cerambyx cerdo (capricorn beetle)

Leptura quadrifasciata (longhorn beetle)

Cantharis fusca (soldier beetle)

Cantharis livida (soldier beetle)

Cantharis oscura (soldier beetle)

Cantharis rufa (soldier beetle)

Cantharis lateralis (soldier beetle)

Elater ferrugineus (rusty click beetle)

Cicindela campestris (green tiger beetle)

Cicindela sylvatica (wood tiger beetle)

Buprestis rustica (jewel beetle) [Buprestis 8-guttata survives as octoguttata]

Dytiscus latissimus (diving beetle)

Carabus coriaceus (ground beetle)

Carabus granulatus (ground beetle)

Carabus nitens (ground beetle)

Carabus hortensis (ground beetle)

Carabus violaceus (ground beetle)

Tenebrio molitor (mealworm)

Meloe algiricus (blister beetle)

Meloe proscarabaeus (blister beetle)

Meloe spec (blister beetle)

Mordela aculeata (tumbling glower beetle)

Necydalis major (longhorn beetle)

Staphylinus erythropterus (rove beetle)

Forficula auricularia (common earwig)

Blatta orientalis (Oriental cockroach)

Gryllus campestris (field cricket)

(Hemiptera)

Cicada orni (cicada)

Notonecta glauca (backswimmer)

Nepa cinerea (water scorpion)

Cimex lectularius (bedbug)

Aphis rumici (black aphid)

Aphis craccae (vetch aphid)

Coccus hesperidum (brown scale insect)

Thrips physapus (thrips)

Thrips minutissimum (thrips)

Thrips juniperinus (thrips)

(Lepidoptera)

Papilio paris (Paris peacock butterfly)

Papilio helenus (red Helen butterfly)

Papilio troilus (spicebush swallowtail butterfly)

Papilio deiphobus (Deiphobus swallowtail butterfly)

Papilio polytes (common Mormon butterfly)

Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly)

Papilio memnon (great Mormon butterfly)

Papilio ulysses (Ulysses butterfly)

Papilio machaon (Old World swallowtail butterfly)

Papilio demoleus (lime swallowtail butterfly)

Papilio nireus (blue-banded swallowtail butterfly)

Papilio clytia (common mime butterfly)

Sphinx ligustri (privet hawk-moth)

Sphinx pinastri (pine hawk-moth) [genus Phalaena was suppressed, but seven subgenera created by Linnaeus are now valid as genera]

(Neuroptera)

Libellula depressa (chaser dragonfly)

Libellula quadrimaculata (four-spotted skimmer dragonfly)

Ephemera vulgata (mayfly)

Phryganea grandis (caddisfly)

Hemerobius humulinus (lacewing)

Panorpa communis (scorpionfly)

Panorpa germanica (scorpionfly)

Raphidia ophiopsis (snakefly)

(Hymenoptera)

Cynips quercusfolii (oak gall wasp)

Tenthredo atra (sawfly)

Tenthredo campestris (sawfly)

Tenthredo livida (sawfly)

Tenthredo mesomela (sawfly)

Tenthredo scrophulariae (sawfly)

Ichneumon extensorius (parasitoid wasp)

Ichneumon sarcitorius (parasitoid wasp)

Sphex ichneumoneus (digger wasp)

Vespa crabro (European hornet)

Apis mellifera (honey bee)

Formica fusca (silky ant)

Mutilla europaea (large velvet ant)

(Diptera)

Oestrus ovis (sheep botfly)

Tipula oleracea (marsh cranefly)

Tipula hortorum (cranefly)

Tipula lunata (cranefly)

Musca domestica (housefly)

Tabanus bovinus (pale horsefly)

Tabanus calens (horsefly)

Tabanus bromius (brown horsefly)

Tabanus occidentalis (horsefly)

Tabanus antarcticus (horsefly)

Culex pipiens (house mosquito)

Empis borealis (dance fly)

Empis pennipes (dance fly)

Empis livida (dance fly)

Conops flavipes (thick-headed fly)

Asilus barbarus (robberfly)

Asilus crabroniformis (hornet robberfly)

Bombylius major (bee fly)

Bombylius medius (bee fly)

Bombylius minor (bee fly)

Hippobosca equina (forest fly)

(Aptera)

Lepisma saccharina (silverfish)

Podura aquatica (water springtail)

Termes fatale (termite)

Pediculus humanus (human louse)

Pulex irritans (human flea)

Acarus siro (flour mite)

Phalangium opilio (harvestman)

Araneus angulatus (orb-weaving spider)

Araneus diadematus (European garden spider)

Araneus marmoreus (marbled orbweaver)

Araneus quadratus (four-spotted orbweaver -- last four are by Clerck 1757, some of the very few surviving pre-Linnean names!)

Scorpio maurus (large-clawed scorpion)

Cancer pagurus (brown crab)

Oniscus asellus (common woodlouse)

Scolopendra gigantea (giant centipede)

Scolopendra morsitans (red-headed centipede)

Julus fuscus (millipede)

Julus terrestris (millipede)

"Vermes"

(Intestina)

Gordius aquaticus (horsehair worm)

Lumbricus terrestris (common earthworm)

Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm)

Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)

Hirudo medicinalis (medicinal leech)

Myxine glutinosa (Atlantic hagfish)

Teredo navalis (shipworm)

[shout out to Furia infernalis, a terrifying carnivorous jumping worm that Linnaeus described, but which doesn't seem to actually exist]

(Mollusca)

Limax maximus (leopard slug)

Doris verrucosa (warty nudibranch)

Nereis caerulea (ragworm)

Nereis pelagica (ragworm)

Aphrodita aculeata (sea mouse)

Lernaea cyprinacea (anchor worm)

Scyllaea pelagica (Sargassum nudibranch)

Sepia officinalis (common cuttlefish)

Asterias rubens (common starfish)

Echinus esculentus (edible sea urchin)

(Testacea)

Chiton tuberculatus (West Indian green chiton)

Lepas anatifera (goose barnacle)

Pholas dactylus (common piddock)

Mya arenaria (softshell clam)

Mya truncata (truncate softshell)

Solen vagina (razor clam)

Tellina laevigata (smooth tellin)

Tellina linguafelis (cat-tongue tellin)

Tellina radiata (sunrise tellin)

Tellina scobinata (tellin)

Cardium costatum (ribbed cockle)

Donax cuneatus (wedge clam)

Donas denticulatus (wedge clam)

Donax trunculus (wedge clam)

Venus casina (Venus clam)

Venus verrucosa (warty venus)

Spondylus gaederopus (thorny oyster)

Spondylus regius (thorny oyster)

Chama lazarus (jewel box shell)

Chama gryphoides (jewel box shell)

Arca noae (Noah's ark shell)

Ostrea edulis (edible oyster)

Anomia aurita (saddle oyster)

Anomia ephippium (saddle oyster)

Anomia hysterita (saddle oyster)

Anomia lacunosa (saddle oyster)

Anomia spec (saddle oyster)

Anomia striatula (saddle oyster)

Mytilus edulis (blue mussel)

Pinna muricata (pen shell)

Pinna nobilis (fan mussel)

Pinna rudis (rough pen shell)

Argonauta argo (argonaut)

Nautilus pompilius (chambered nautilus)

Conus ammiralis (admiral cone snail)

Conus aulicus (princely cone snail)

Conus aurisiacus (cone snail)

Conus betulinus (betuline cone snail)

Conus bullatus (bubble cone snail)

Conus capitaneus (captain cone snail)

Conus cedonulli (cone snail)

Conus ebraeus (black-and-white cone snail)

Conus figulinus (fig cone snail)

Conus genuanus (garter cone snail)

Conus geographus (geographer cone snail)

Conus glaucus (glaucous cone snail)

Conus granulatus (cone snail)

Conus imperialis (imperial cone snail)

Conus litteratus (lettered cone snail)

Conus magus (magical cone snail)

Conus marmoreus (marbled cone snail)

Conus mercator (trader cone snail)

Conus miles (soldier cone snail)

Conus monachus (monastic cone snail)

Conus nobilis (noble cone snail)

Conus nussatella (cone snail)

Conus princeps (prince cone snail)

Conus spectrum (spectrecone snail)

Conus stercusmuscarum (fly-specked cone snail)

Conus striatus (striated cone snail)

Conus textile (cloth-of-gold cone snail)

Conus tulipa (tulip cone snail)

Conus varius (freckled cone snail)

Conus virgo (cone snail)

Cypraea tigris (tiger cowry shell)

Bulla ampulla (Pacific bubble shell)

Voluta ebraea (Hebrew volute)

Voluta musica (music volute)

Buccinum undatum (common whelk)

Strombus pugilis (fighting conch)

Murex tribulus (caltrop murex)

Trochus maculatus (maculated top shell)

Turbo acutangulus (turban shell)

Turbo argyrostomus (silver-mouth turban shell)

Turbo chrystostomus (gold-mouth turban shell)

Turbo marmoratus (green turban shell)

Turbo petholatus (turban shell)

Turbo sarmaticus (giant turban shell)

Helix lucorum (Mediterranean snail)

Helix pomatia (Roman snail)

Nerita albicilla (blotched nerite)

Nerita chamaeleon (nerite)

Nerita exuvia (snakeskin nerite)

Nerita grossa (nerite)

Nerita histrio (nerite)

Nerita peloronta (bleeding tooth)

Nerita plicata (nerite)

Nerita polita (nerite)

Nerita undata (nerite)

Haliotis asinina (ass-ear abalone)

Haliotis marmorata (marbled abalone)

Haliotis midae (South African abalone)

Haliotis parva (canaliculate abalone)

Haliotis tuberculata (green ormer)

Haliotis varia (common abalone)

Patella caerulea (Mediterranean limpet)

Patella pellucida (blue-rayed limpet)

Patella vulgata (European limpet)

Dentalium elephantinum (elephant tusk)

Dentalium entale (tusk shell)

[genus Serpula is still in use with none of its original species]

(Lithophyta)

Tubipora musica (organ pipe coral)

Millepora alcicornis (sea ginger fire coral)

Madrepora oculata (zigzag stone coral)

(Zoophyta)

Isis hippuris (sea bamboo)

Isis ochracea (sea bamboo)

Gorgonia flabellum (Venus fan)

Gorgonia ventalina (purple sea fan)

Alcyonium bursa (soft coral)

Alcyonium digitatum (dead man's fingers)

Tubularia indivisa (oaten ipes hydroid)

Corallina officinalis (coralline red alga)

Sertularia argentea (sea fern)

Sertularia cupressoides (hydroid)

Pennatula phosphorea (sea pen)

Taenia solium (pork tapeworm)

Volvox globator (colonial alga)

[genus Hydra is still in use with none of its original species]

[asknarashikari]

Break times over, now we leave Earth and head to Chikyu, where the King-Ohgers were given some bug-themed Cybertronians. The assigned ones are based on the Shugods with some extras.

The King-Ohgers' assigned Cybertronians:

Gira: Shrapnel the electrical sadist stag beetle with a verbal tic, the nigh-invulnerable and heavily armed Tripledacus comprised of DJ the cheerful and carefree cicada, Gimlet the young performer lobster, and Motorarm the cheerful and strong rhinoceros beetle, and Drill Nuts the inventor boll weevil.

Yanma: Tonbot the zany goofball dragonfly, Antagony the ruthless and loyal ant, and Retrax the desert demolition expert and coward at heart pill bug.

Himeno: Mantis the irritable loner praying mantis, BW Sandstorm the mysterious and lying tan scorpion, and Powerhug the kind and strong pill bug.

Rita: Skywasp the cruel and petty black and purple wasp, Kickback the smooth-talking and backstabbing grasshopper, and Bigmos the pacifistic mosquito.

Kaguragi: Buzz Saw the feared and respected yellow jacket bee, and Bombshell the master of the mind-warping cerebro-shells and reckless rhinoceros beetle.

Jeramie: Crystal Widow the somber and hopeless technorganic spider, Blackwidow the insane and traitorous spider and sister to her kinder sister on Earth, Blackarachnia, and Scissor Boy the careful and considerate earwig,

Racles: BW Inferno the fanatically loyal and arsonist fire ant with no regard for his life, Scarem the cold and calculating European stag beetle, and the powerful Tripredacus comprised of Ram Horn the stubborn and strong Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Sea Clamp the sadistic and stoic lobster and Cicadacon the old, cruel and clever cicada.

The 7 King-Ohgers are meeting with each other but this is interrupted by some of their assigned Cybertronians arguing on who is the best of the 7 King-Ohgers.

Shrapnel: I'm telling you, Gira is the best, (best). He's red and humble, (humble).

Tonbot: No, it's Yanma. Guy's blue and quite smart compared to the others.

Mantis: Your both wrong, it's Himeno. She's yellow, great with medicine and quite generous.

Skywasp: You're all wrong, it's Rita. They're purple and ruthless but have a soft spot for the one known as Moffun.

Buzz Saw: All you are wrong, it's Kaguragi. He's a black ranger and a gentle giant but is master of deception unlike those other goobers.

Crystal Widow: Please, it's obviously Jeramie. He's a white ranger, has a way words that I like and is a pacifist that just wants Bugnarack to coexist with mankind.

BW Inferno: No, all you wrong, best one is queen Racles. He silver, have good redemption and is best unlike the others.

The 7 continue to argue but before it gets physical, the King-Ohgers stop them and decide to settle who is right by making an event out of it. After setting up the arena and inviting all of Chikyuu to witness this event along with the commentators being Kickback and Bombshell for extra flare, they call for the fighters.

Bombshell: In the red corner and representing Gira, it's the sadistic and twisted stag beetle himself, Shrapnel!

Shrapnel: Prepare to taste the thunder, (thunder)!

Kickback: In the blue corner and representing Yanma, it's the easily excited and fast dragonfly, Tonbot!

Tonbot: Fear the swiftness of a dragonfly!

Bombshell: In the yellow corner and representing Himeno, it's easily irritated praying mantis, Mantis!

Mantis: You wouldn't like when I'm angry.

Kickback: In the purple corner and representing Rita, he's petty, he's a purple wasp, it's Skywasp!

Skywasp: You're not ready for my tricks.

Bombshell: In the black corner and representing Kaguragi, he's the mysterious and feared yellow jacket, it's Buzz Saw!

Buzz Saw: Sting like a bee.

Kickback: In white corner and representing Jeramie, she's somber but don't mess with this spider, it's Crystal Widow!

Crystal Widow: Just because I'm hopeless, doesn't mean I can't kick your ass.

Kickback and Bombshell in unison: In the silver corner and representing Racles, he's loyal and likes fire, it's everybody's favorite fire ant, Inferno!

BW Inferno: I fight for my queen, no matter what.

The fight begins and they all start to trade blows and it seems like it's an even between all seven. When the dust finally settles only one stands above the rest.

Kari-chan, out of all the seven, who do you think is the last one standing and the winner, and what are the King-Ohgers reaction to seeing which representative of theirs one while the others lost?

As the Americans say, I plead the fifth... except to say whatever the outcome is it will just cause more chaos

(Honestly though I just cannot say who would win lol)

[razehider]

a very pretty european rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) i found dead on a stump today. these guys don't tend to live past august so it's very likely he died recently and of natural causes, which explains why he was in such perfect shape

i do wish i'd found a live one but a big beetle is a big beetle, and there's always next year. i hope his hypothetical grub offspring survive the next couple of winters so i can meet them someday

[liebelesbe]

One of our almost-neighbors found a Nashornkäfer (european rhinoceros beetle) in his garden and I am VIBRATING. BIG BEETLE!!! IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD!!

[shadowlorddemon]

Karman the European Rhinoceros Beetle

AU where Gabriel won and use the miraculous wish to create an alternate universe where Emilie didn’t fall under a magical coma.

Gabriel is very glad to have Emilie back. But he noticed that his son Adrien isn’t here.

When asked, Emilie have no idea who is Adrien. She never gives birth to a baby boy.

Confused, he then asked Nathalie about it. She confirmed that they never have a son.

Then Gabriel assumes that the price of the wish is losing the son.

Unknowingly to him, his son, Adrien is still alive. So is Marinette. But they aren’t Adrien nor Marinette anymore.

———————————

The actual price of the wish is the forced fusion of Adrien and Marinette.

Together, Adrien and Marinette made Karman Devin Cadoret.

Karman isn’t related to Agreste family nor isn’t related to Dupain-Cheng family. But they do have Marinette’s and Adrien’s memories.

They sometimes said ‘we’ or ‘our’ instead ‘I’ or ‘my’ but they often corrected themselves afterward.

They’re the ‘current’ guardian of the miraculous.

Thanks to Adrien’s and Marinette’s memories, Karman remember what did Gabriel have done and they resented him for his actions.

Karman is the name meaning ‘garden’ or ‘orchard’; it is also the word that mean ‘action’, ‘effect’ or ‘fate’ in Sanskrit language and it is used in the origin of the word of ‘karma’.

Devin is the name meaning ‘poet’ or ‘bard’; it also can mean ‘prophetic’ from its Latin roots or ‘godlike’ from its use in medieval France.

Cadoret is the name meaning ‘protector in combat’ in French.

[amandi-mga2024mi5019]

Insects - Thinking Hats

Red Hat

Important for the ecosystem

diverse

pests

Nuisance

interesting

Colourful

Disgust

Fear

Adorable

Valuable

Its interesting to look at their specialisations and evolution

I'm interested in the thematic relationship between insects and death

Insects in tradition and culture

In Japan, samurai were inspired by powerful bug species whose physical makeup suggested persistence and strength. This is usually in reference to the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, also known as kabutomushi.

Xochiquetzal, the goddess of love, beauty, and flowers in Aztec and Mayan cultures, is often represented through the swallowtail butterfly.

Itzpapalotl, the goddess of war and sacrifice, was often portrayed through saturniid moths.

Themes of death, mortality, and rebirth

The mortality of man and the cyclic nature of life is a recurring theme in European literature, especially eighteenth century German and Swiss literature. Animal imagery often serves as a recurring motif to portray this theme. Insects in particular are used to explore the inevitability and finality of death or the metamorphosis of the body in preparation for eternity. 

This is also very present in art. Insects in art mainly started cropping up around the 13th and 14th century and was featured heavily in the bible or christian art. The representation of insects in these early works was primarily negative, with locusts as a symbol of death, ruin, and unmitigated greed in Egyptian culture and in the bible.

However there's also more positive art of insects in christianity. The mosaic in the cupola of the San Marco church in Venice (13th century) depicts the Christian God creating man. The mosaic shows god giving life to Adam's body by placing a tiny creature (his soul) within him. This tiny creature was humanoid with butterfly wings.

The ancient greeks used the metamorphosis of butterflies to portray the relationship between the body and the soul and the fate of the soul after death. The body was represented through the caterpillar while the butterfly form represented the soul, thus painting a picture of death as a sort of rebirth.

In Netherlands in the 14th and 15th centuries Christian representations of the soul expanded to include dragonflies. E.g: an anonymous artist in approximately the 14th century depicted the Virgin Mary in a garden surrounded by strawberries, a single white butterfly, and two dragonflies.

15th Century art in Germany and the Netherlands also featured a lot of flies. The flies were often drawn on top of human subjects, with great care taken to create a 'Trompe l'œil' effect that makes them look like real flies that have landed on the painting. Flies are the primary insect decomposers of carrion, and as such, they were depicted this way to indicate that the subject has died.

Insects are also heavily featured in 17th century Dutch still lifes. There were hundreds of different species featured, however the most common ones tended to be butterflies, moths, and caterpillars. After them, beetles, flies, ants, bees, wasps, grasshoppers, crickets, and bush-crickets were featured second most heavily.

Amoung the butterflies, a few specific species were continuously illustrated: the red admiral (Vanessa atalanta), the cabbage whites (Pieris rapae), large whites (Pieris brassicae), the painted lady (Vanessa cardui), and the peacock butterfly (Aglais io).

The white butterflies often depicted purity (think back to the Virgin Mary painting). Flies, with their association with death and decay, were often a symbol for the ephemeral nature of life. Butterflies and dragonflies also continued serving as a representation for the soul.

Protestant art in the 17th century in Netherlands used insect imagery to make black and white distinctions of 'good and evil'. Life on earth (which was believed to be flawed and sinful) was represented through unsavoury insects such as locusts, beetles, and caterpillars. In contrast, the afterlife in heaven was displayed through butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, and moths. It's no mistake that these are all insects that could fly, implicating some sort of ascension of the soul.

Also in the 17th century, painter and etymologist, Maria Sibylla Merian produced several pieces depicting metamorphosis as illustrations for her book, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).

in the 19th century, insect imagery was mainly done by pre-Raphaelites and early surrealists. These artists continued with representing the soul through butterflies. Van Gough created nine pieces of art depicting insects. Speculation has been made about whether his symbolic use of insects was a reflection of his own feelings about life at the time (he committed suicide two years after making these paintings), as he often used them to represent freedom of the soul. e.g: The Exercise of the Prisoners was a self portrait depicting prisoners walking in endless circles while two white butterflies flew above the prisoners and ascended to the skies.

Insects in surrealist art continued growing tiny the 20th century. Surrealists often used insects to represent humans. e.g: Dali used ants, James Ensor used beetles and dragonflies.

In the current day, insects continue to be used to represent humans in both art and interature; drawing connections between human psychology and insect biology. One of the most famous examples of this is The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

Fengler, S. I. (2024) ‘Writing Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects: Metaphors of Mortality and Metamorphosis in Eighteenth-Century Religious Literature’, Publications of the English Goethe Society, 93(1), pp. 52–68. doi: 10.1080/09593683.2024.2308932.

Dicke, M. (2000a) ‘Insects In Western Art’, American Entomologist, Winter, pp. 228–237. Available at: https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/46/4/228/2474652 (Accessed: 30 June 2024). 

Hollingsworth, C. (2001) ‘The Self as Insect’, in Poetics of the Hive: Insect Metaphor in Literature. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, pp. 187–220.